Letter: Nuclear demo

From
ANTONIN HRADILEK

Having spent a whole weekend making the skull pictured in the 24 March
issue (‘Montreal nations agree tougher rules on CFCs’, This Week), I would
like to correct your caption suggesting it was a protest against CFCs. The
purpose of our action of 6 March was to raise public concern about the Czech
nuclear programme. All the people here would agree on the harmful effects
of CFCs or sulphur emissions. On the other hand, despite a number of unresolved
problems, the nuclear industry presents itself almost as a saviour from
our environmental crisis, while the environment officials generally avoid
a …